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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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Nourse kicked off for the second team to Peirce, who ran back from the 30 to the 35-yard line. Hall made 8 yards around right end. On the next play Hall passed to Lockwood, who in turn, threw the ball ahead, Foster finally downing it on the second team's 40-yard line. Kersburg made 10 yards more on an onside kick, after which Orr gained 14 yards on a forward pass. After gaining two yards through right tackle and 12 more on a forward pass, Foster was thrown for a three yard loss by Gilder. Peirce made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL WITH AMHERST A. C. | 10/13/1906 | See Source »

which the team lost the ball on a quick kick. With the ball on the 4-yard line Somes was thrown back over the line for a safety. O'Hare punted out from the 20-yard line to Gray, who downed the ball on the 20-yard line after running back 20 yards. In the next scrimmage Hall regained the ball on a blocked punt. Lincoln gained four yards through right tackle, and then Gray made four more on two centre plays. The second team got the ball on downs on the 12-yard line, but lost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL WITH AMHERST A. C. | 10/13/1906 | See Source »

...second team kicked off to Hall, who ran back 10 yards to the 31-yard line. Foster at once punted, the ball being slightly blocked, and downed by the second team on the 43-yard line. The team failed to gain, and punted, regaining the ball 20 yards ahead. The next two plays both lost ground and, on the 15-yard punt which followed, Foster caught the ball and ran back three yards to the 46-yard line. On the next play the first team fumbled, but recovered the ball, and then made a quick punt which sent the ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL WITH BATES | 10/10/1906 | See Source »

...team in a ten-minute scrimmage, after rushing the ball steadily from their own 55-yard line to within 10 yards of the opposing goal. Six substitutes were played on the first team: Fraser, centre; Warren, right tackle; Hall, quarterback; Lincoln, left half; Lockwood, right half; and Mason, full back. Kennard, who has recovered from a sprained ankle, played in Macdonald's place at right end. Hall tried three drop kicks in the scrimmage, missing two of them on account of poor passes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAST PLAY IN PRACTICE | 10/9/1906 | See Source »

...first down in three rushes. A penalty of 15 yards for holding followed against the Maine team, and then a ten yard loss on an end play. The University team secured the ball on its 49-yard line on a punt, and after rushing a few yards, was put back 15 yards for holding. Hall gave Miller a quarterback kick which the latter recovered on the 30-yard line. Lockwood lost five yards on an end run, which was followed by a drop kick from Hall, the ball being blocked. Miller downed the ball on the 5-yard line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 17; MAINE, 0 | 10/8/1906 | See Source »

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